Alabama voters are rejecting GOP orders and millions of dollars in negative ads from Washington to permanently choose Sen. Luther Strange to replace former Sen. Jeff Sessions, instead swinging behind a plain-speaking judge who wants to bring God and morality to the nation’s capital.

“Alabama voters don’t appreciate it. They don’t want Washington controlling who is their senator. And I think they’ve made a very, very bad miscalculation in this case,” said Roy Moore, the former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.